Wednesday, June 7th, was a very busy morning. Not only was an infamous utility company owner being arraigned in federal court, but the Pinal County Board of Supervisors was also meeting and some items on that agenda were troubling to say the least. As I could only be in one place at a time, I sent the following letter to the Board of Supervisors to be read into the record. Unfortunately, while the letter was mentioned that it had been received, the letter was not read at the meeting. As a result, I am posting the letter here for anyone who may be interested in reading what it said.

What a journey the last 10 months have been for me. After a rigorous application process last year, I was honored to have been selected as one of eight Republican women across the state of Arizona to participate in the Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series. A truly life changing experience. While in Washington DC, our executive director Kim Owens explained that we needed to select a representative among us to give the speech at graduation. I was stunned to have even heard my name as a nominee. So honored and humbled to have been selected. Below you will find the speech that I gave, as well as a very bumpy recording of the speech.

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about something that happened last week. The confusion circles around my recent departure from the San Tan Valley Chamber of Commerce. I am not going to write much about it today, since it's late and I still have a lot of work to do, but I wanted to at least open the door for upcoming conversation.

Wow! Cannot believe that I have just created my very first blog! Super excited but totally nervous too. You see, I have spent the last 8 years biting my tongue, being politically correct, sitting on the fence, whatever the heck you want to call it and as a result have been "restricted" from having an opinion or speaking my mind.